The smallest flowering plant I know is Wolffia, a little bigger than
a poppy seed, but smaller than a radish seed. Aquatic, often found
floating with Lemna. I don't know about the 3000 year flowering
interval, but I do know I look for it and have never seen in in
flower. I've attached a picture found on the web that shows it next
to some duckweed to give a sense of scale.
Kathleen
At 03:49 PM 11/8/2007, Scott Shumway wrote:
>One of my colleagues just showed me a clipping from a Chinese
>newspaper reporting on tiny / microscopic plant that is now in bloom
>in several locations around the world. The pictures looked to me
>like moss capsules, but the translation was "flowers". Supposedly
>Buddhist legend reports that these flowers appear once every 3000
>years and bring good luck. The article was in Chinese and did not
>appear to include a Latin name.
>>Does anyone know what this plant is??
>>Thanks.
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